chapter 11
Chapter 11 Practice Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Why were changes to manufacturing needed in the mid-1700s?
a.
Factory owners were not satisfied with the size of their profits.
b.
Demand was greater than the available supply of goods.
c.
Workers were not satisfied with the level of their daily wages.
d.
Traders faced higher shipping prices for smaller amounts of goods.
____ 2. Which small, inexpensive machine revolutionized the manufacture of cloth?
a.
the cotton gin
c.
the water frame
b.
the spinning jenny
d.
the Pawtucket loom
____ 3. Who was Richard Arkwright?
a.
Inventor of the water frame, he lowered the cost of cotton thread and increased the speed of production.
b.
British mechanic and entrepreneur, he brought his skills to New England and the Industrial Revolution to the U.S.
c.
Inventor of the spinning jenny, he introduced the ability to produce numerous threads to homes across England.
d.
American manufacturer, he would come to own all or part of 13 textile mills between 1790 and his death in 1835.
____ 4. Why were more American textile mills built in the North than in the South?
a.
The South charged higher taxes on industry.
b.
The North had more rivers to provide power.
c.
The North attracted skilled English immigrants.
d.
The South was devoted to the farming of cotton.
____ 5. What was Eli Whitney’s greatest contribution to American manufacturing?
a.
He designed a way to produce inexpensive clocks.
b.
He mass-produced muskets for American soldiers.
c.
He came up with the idea of interchangeable parts.
d.
He argued that factories deserved better technology.
____ 6. How did the War of 1812 help American manufacturing?
a.
The government built factories to produce needed uniforms and weapons.
b.
Tariffs on foreign goods encouraged Americans to buy domestic goods.
c.
Foreign goods were stolen by the
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Why were changes to manufacturing needed in the mid-1700s?
a.
Factory owners were not satisfied with the size of their profits.
b.
Demand was greater than the available supply of goods.
c.
Workers were not satisfied with the level of their daily wages.
d.
Traders faced higher shipping prices for smaller amounts of goods.
____ 2. Which small, inexpensive machine revolutionized the manufacture of cloth?
a.
the cotton gin
c.
the water frame
b.
the spinning jenny
d.
the Pawtucket loom
____ 3. Who was Richard Arkwright?
a.
Inventor of the water frame, he lowered the cost of cotton thread and increased the speed of production.
b.
British mechanic and entrepreneur, he brought his skills to New England and the Industrial Revolution to the U.S.
c.
Inventor of the spinning jenny, he introduced the ability to produce numerous threads to homes across England.
d.
American manufacturer, he would come to own all or part of 13 textile mills between 1790 and his death in 1835.
____ 4. Why were more American textile mills built in the North than in the South?
a.
The South charged higher taxes on industry.
b.
The North had more rivers to provide power.
c.
The North attracted skilled English immigrants.
d.
The South was devoted to the farming of cotton.
____ 5. What was Eli Whitney’s greatest contribution to American manufacturing?
a.
He designed a way to produce inexpensive clocks.
b.
He mass-produced muskets for American soldiers.
c.
He came up with the idea of interchangeable parts.
d.
He argued that factories deserved better technology.
____ 6. How did the War of 1812 help American manufacturing?
a.
The government built factories to produce needed uniforms and weapons.
b.
Tariffs on foreign goods encouraged Americans to buy domestic goods.
c.
Foreign goods were stolen by the